Erft
River in Germany
The Erft (pronounced [ɛʁft] ⓘ) is a river in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It flows through the foothills of the Eifel, and joins the Lower Rhine (left tributary). Its origin is near Nettersheim, and its mouth in Neuss-Grimlinghausen south of the Josef Cardinal Frings Bridge. The river is 106.6 kilometres (66.2 mi) long, which is significantly shorter than it was originally. Due to the open-pit mining of lignite in the Hambacher Loch, the flow of the river had to be changed.
The Erft gave its name to the town of Erftstadt, through which it flows, as well as to the Rhein-Erft district.
01River Course
The source is located within the town area of Nettersheim.
The river reaches then Bad Münstereifel, Euskirchen, Weilerswist, Erftstadt, Kerpen, Bergheim, Bedburg, Grevenbroich.
The river mouth to the Rhine ist located in Neuss, but the channel "Obererft (Upper Erft)" reaches the city border to Düsseldorf at Neuss Harbour.
Tributaries are (selected): Veybach, Swist, Rotbach, Neffelbach, Gillbach, Norfbach.
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- Erft in Bergheim.jpg by Tohma (talk), CC BY-SA 4.0
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